The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1887-06-08
MoBGANToWN, W VA, WHDN ESD ~ JUNE s. 1887
be gentlemen representing

The gentlemen representing the
colors.
Students Of the present day may.
be disposed to cast d pitying glance
at the homely environments of their
predecessors; but Measure not the
work till the day is done Z From
such surroundings went out those,
who have been men Of mark, meet
ing few equals and no superiors il
their various callings, and let those
enjoying the greater opportunities
of Che present take q position among.
the world workers commensurate
with these, and remember the admo-
milton So recently given. It IS ac-
cepted according to that man hath.
From the records Of the old Mon
ongalian Society we find the first
contestWas held June 28th, 1854.
CONTESTANTS FOR THE MoNoNGAI1AN
SOCIETY.
i f. NJ. Durbin, MorgantoWn, Select
Grafton; +. D. Collier, Steubenville,
TO-, Essay; II. o.! OFT, Wheeling Va,
Original Grafton; H. Z. Martin,
Liverpool, OF, Debate. AS We have.
not access To the Columbian record.
I've cannot give the names Of their
opponents, certainly, but think
among them were W. "a. Hanway,
LEI. Woods and j. S. Reppert.
Il The contestants for 1856 were: I
"a MoNoNGALIANs n
W. 2. Wiley, Morgantown, Select
Grafton; CD. Riddle, Martinsburg,
Va, Essay; +. M. Durbin, Morgan
town, Original Grafton; B. s., Stew ]
art, West MiddletoWn, Va, Debater
CoLUMBIANs,
G. Fl. Dickey, Wheeling, Va, Sc.
lect Grafton; II. G. Shepherd, Wells
vile, o., Essay; H. M. Long, Pitts
burg, Pa, Original Grafton; III.
Woods, Marion county, Mo-, Debater.
1866 MON oNGAL1ANs,
T. p. Reay, Morgantown, Select.
Grafton; .: =. Evans Mount Nor
lis, Pa, Essay; Dudley Evans, Mon
ongalia county, Va, Original Ora
.tion; @. p. Riddle, Martinsburg,
Va, Debate.
GoLUMBIANs, Is
IT. B. Miller, Wheeling, Va. Select
Grafton; 3. S. Bland, Weston, Va,
Essay G. F. Black, Somerset, Pa,
Original Grafton; n. C. Shepherd,
Wellsyille, o., Debate.
The contests of SO and '57 were
memorable from the fact that Evans.
and Black. were opponents il each.
Black defeated Evans on Original
Grafton in '56. Evans defeated
Black on debate in 81. Subject Of.
the debater: We're. the proceed ingsE
of the California Vigilance Commit
tee of 1856 unjustifable? Black
affirmed; Evans denied. w. II
Matthews, Wheeling, Va, Original
Orator for Monongalians. IA. T..
Ankeny, Somerset, Pa, for Colum
bans
OF the contests Of $50 there are
no programmes remaining, but the.
Monongalian contestants are id the
record Of that society.
In 1860 a reunion meeting was
held to which the following was the
invitation.
MoRGANTowN, VA, May IL, 1860.
You are respectfully invited to be
present at d Reunion Meeting Of
the former Students of Monongalia
Academy, to take place at the Acad-
envy Hall, on the evening of the 9th
of June, 1860.
The address to the Association
will be delivered by Mr.. Chauncey
F. Black, of Washington City.
WM. a. HANwAY,
"a. w. LoRRNTz,
+. NJ. DURBIN,
DUDLEY EVANS,
LoWRIE WILsoN,
Committee.
The contestants for this year
l863) were:
MONONGALIANs,
j. H. Garrard, Pittsburg, Pa,
Select Grafton; G. W. Reynolds,
ShepherdstoWn, Va, Original Ora.
tion; John Basel, Clarksburg, Va,
Debate.
COLUMBIANS,
.. Fl. Oliphant, Fairchance, Pa,
Select Grafton; p. Fl. Greer, Wheel
lug, Va, Essay; H. S. Walker,